Writing task 1 (a letter) Your local council is closing the children’s playground in your locality as not many children visit the park. Write a letter to the council requesting not to close it. Include the following in your letter: – How important is the playground for children? – Why don’t children go to the playground? – What can be done to bring children back to the park?

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Madam, I am writing

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letter to you in order to reconsider your decision about closing the city's playground.

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with, the magic planet playground brings many benefits to the children in our city. Not only does it allow them the chance to play sports

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as basketball, but it

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provides them

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valuable opportunity in order to be close to nature. In fact, children these days,

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almost everywhere, have adopted a sedentary

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lifestyle

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life style

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. Most of them find video games much more appealing than outdoor activities.

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, only a few numbers of them tend to visit the park. There are some measures,

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, that could be considered in order to render the park more attractive to youngsters. If the local council built a swimming pool in any available area of the place,

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would definitely tempt many offspring to visit the park.

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, establishing a food court that provides at least popcorn and ice cream would be a huge attraction. Thank you for taking the time to read my letter and I again hope you would retreat your decision. Yours faithfully, Sam Smith